But as winter approached, with Arp just months away from taking his hives to California, his bees started getting sick. But California’s almond industry places them in a monoculture where growers expect the bees to be predictably productive year after year. Many don’t come back.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Beehives stand stacked along a blooming almond orchard near Shafter, California. photos of queen bees being replaced and colony of honey bees hard at work. The “Bee Better” certification program, launched in 2017 by the not-for-profit Xerces Society, introduces biodiversity into almond groves to naturally control pests and nourish honey bees.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 06:00 UTC